- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 7.05
- Peak run
- 1967’75
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Costa-Gavras by the numbers
Average
7.05
17 rated films
Vote weighted
7.08
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.63
rating spread
Career
60y
1965 to 2024
Total votes
161K
across every film
Best
8.1
Z
Worst
6.0
Adults in the Room
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 | Last Breath | · | 604 |
| 2019 |  Adults in the Room | 6.0 | 6,501 |
| 2012 |  Capital | 6.5 | 5,873 |
| 2009 | Eden Is West | 6.8 | 2,856 |
| 2005 |  The Ax | 7.3 | 9,313 |
| 2002 |  Amen. | 7.2 | 15,904 |
| 1997 |  Mad City | 6.3 | 22,053 |
| 1993 | The Little Apocalypse | · | 418 |
| 1989 |  Music Box | 7.4 | 9,888 |
| 1988 |  Betrayed | 6.4 | 7,995 |
| 1986 | Family Council | · | 637 |
| 1983 | Hanna K. | 6.5 | 1,107 |
| 1982 |  Missing | 7.7 | 24,708 |
| 1979 | Womanlight | 6.3 | 1,085 |
| 1975 | Special Section | 7.6 | 1,924 |
| 1972 |  State of Siege | 7.7 | 6,863 |
| 1970 |  The Confession | 7.8 | 5,444 |
| 1969 |  Z | 8.1 | 34,522 |
| 1967 | Shock Troops | 7.1 | 1,016 |
| 1965 | The Sleeping Car Murder | 7.2 | 2,647 |
Better together?
Costa-Gavras's regulars
- Patrick BlossierCinematographer · 7 films · 6.90 avg
- Yves MontandDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.42 avg▲+0.31
- Armand AmarComposer · 5 films · 6.95 avg
- Jean-Claude GrumbergWriter · 5 films · 6.95 avg▼−0.09
- Ulrich TukurDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.83 avg▼−0.21
- Jorge SemprúnWriter · 3 films · 7.83 avg▲+0.63
- Ricardo AronovichCinematographer · 3 films · 6.83 avg
- Raoul CoutardCinematographer · 2 films · 7.95 avg
- Mikis TheodorakisComposer · 2 films · 7.90 avg
- Simone SignoretDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.35
- Philippe SardeComposer · 2 films · 7.40 avg
- Michel MagneComposer · 2 films · 7.15 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Costa-Gavras and Patrick Blossier movies · Costa-Gavras and Yves Montand movies · Costa-Gavras and Armand Amar movies · Costa-Gavras and Jean-Claude Grumberg movies
Takes
On Costa-Gavras
3 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1983Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1970Jorge Semprun, Costa-Gavras
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1970Costa-Gavras
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.